The article focuses on the establishment of the Sears, Roebuck & Co. building in Chicago, Illinois which has become the tallest tower in the world. Gordon Metcalf, retired chairman of Sears, states that the company decided to have the largest headquarters in the...
The state-of-the-art Millau Viaduct in southern France is the tallest vehicular bridge in the world, with a graceful mast that soars 1,125 feet into the air — higher than the Eiffel Tower. The cable-stayed design will be challenged for the record of tallest bridge in 2012, however, whe...
No one in league history has towered over their opponents quite like Gheorghe Muresan. He was an anomaly in the NBA, standing at 7'7", he would routinely block shots and score at ease at the rim, leading the NBA in field goal percentage from 1996-1997. He even snagged the Most Improv...
The building is the tallest building of the Commerce Court Complex, which comprised of 4 tower blocks, two of them are highrise buildings, including this tower and a 476 ft tower built in 1931. The west tower was the tallest building in Canada from since its completion in 1972 to 1975 wh...
Tallest Building in the World World's Tallest Stuff: Burj Khalifa, Dubai The honor of tallest building in the world goes to the Burj Khalifa, which soars above downtown Dubai at 2,716.5 feet. Its 160 stories are filled with offices, 900 private residences, the Armani Hotel, a four-story...
Last week, a residential tower in Brooklyn became the tallest modular building on Earth. Here's what designers and developers can learn from the project.
a 所获荣誉;2011年11月17日被吉尼斯世界纪录认证为“世界第一高塔”,成为全世界最高的自立式电波塔 Attains the honor; On November 17, 2011 by the Guinness world record authentication is “the world first high tower”, becomes the world highest from the vertical electric wave tower [translate] ...
you could say that these things go round in circles. The giant rotating structure was assembled in 1894/5 for theEmpire of India Exhibition, and presided over west London until 1907 (the same year asWatkin's Tower, a stalled attempt to surpass the Eiffel Tower). It didn't always run lik...
The MahaNakhon tower officially opened to the public earlier this week to great fanfare, and the 77-story, 1,030-foot structure is something to see.